There was a crow that hung around the parking lot of my old apartment a lot. I saw him every day and started offering food for him. He used to follow me jumping from tree to tree and would often call out for my attention if I didn’t notice him at first. I won’t claim to have really understood him, but you spend enough time around crows and you can kind of start to tell what they sound like when they talk to each other, when they’re talking about you (or nearby humans in general), or when they’re trying to talk to you.
Eventually I taught him which patio was mine and he’d come up to the balcony railing and eat treats. One day I noticed him there just chilling with his girlfriend, which was kind of weird. You can’t really tell crows apart well unless they’re sitting next to each other but he was big and fat like an American football and she was sleeker like a fighter jet. He eventually left and she hung around for another hour or so, very strange.
Well, next day they show up with their new fledglings. He proceeded to pick up the crackers I had left out for him, dunk them in the nearby bird bath to soften them up, then feed them to his kids. And yes, it was him doing the feeding. I think he was just showing me off to his girlfriend like, “It’s cool, I know this one. It’s safe here.”
Crows are really smart. There’s a group that I’ve been feeding for a while. They absolutely talk to you and about you. They know which apartment I’m in, what car I drive, and where I tend to go. They’ll ask for food and are pretty good at communicating what they like and don’t like.
They go crazy for cat food and know what the bag looks like. One of them spotted me buying some recently and made a beeline for home. It was a big bag, and when I went to put it out, there were at least 30-40 crows circling overhead. When there’s less food, they only call a few of their friends over.
There was a crow that hung around the parking lot of my old apartment a lot. I saw him every day and started offering food for him. He used to follow me jumping from tree to tree and would often call out for my attention if I didn’t notice him at first. I won’t claim to have really understood him, but you spend enough time around crows and you can kind of start to tell what they sound like when they talk to each other, when they’re talking about you (or nearby humans in general), or when they’re trying to talk to you.
Eventually I taught him which patio was mine and he’d come up to the balcony railing and eat treats. One day I noticed him there just chilling with his girlfriend, which was kind of weird. You can’t really tell crows apart well unless they’re sitting next to each other but he was big and fat like an American football and she was sleeker like a fighter jet. He eventually left and she hung around for another hour or so, very strange.
Well, next day they show up with their new fledglings. He proceeded to pick up the crackers I had left out for him, dunk them in the nearby bird bath to soften them up, then feed them to his kids. And yes, it was him doing the feeding. I think he was just showing me off to his girlfriend like, “It’s cool, I know this one. It’s safe here.”
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Crows are really smart. There’s a group that I’ve been feeding for a while. They absolutely talk to you and about you. They know which apartment I’m in, what car I drive, and where I tend to go. They’ll ask for food and are pretty good at communicating what they like and don’t like.
They go crazy for cat food and know what the bag looks like. One of them spotted me buying some recently and made a beeline for home. It was a big bag, and when I went to put it out, there were at least 30-40 crows circling overhead. When there’s less food, they only call a few of their friends over.